Bread-cutter



E. JOHNSON. BREAD CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED MAY5. 1919.

1,307,552. PatentedJune 24, 1919.

10 V 11 L/JZ ERIGH JOHNSON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BREAD-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11119 24, 1919.

Application filed May 5, 1919. 'Serial No. 294,741.

To all whom it may concern .1

Be it known that I, Enron JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bread-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to slicing apparatus and has for its objects the provision of a device Which will be exceedingly simple, inexpensive and highly efficient in operation; the provision of a knife adapted to produce slices of bread, cake or the like of even thickness and at a speed which will be found advantageous to users of large quantities of such commodities.

All the improvements will be particularly shown in the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the various views in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a sectional detail on the line 33 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 41 is a detail on the line 1- 1 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a baseboard 10 has fixed thereto a guide 11 in the form of an angle iron, placed near one end and a short distance from one side, a vertical knife guide or bar 12 is riveted or otherwise secured at one end of the member 11. Extending at right angles, and from the end of the guide 11 at which the vertical knife guide 12 is secured is a third guide member 13 of angle iron similar in shape to the guide 11, and this guide 13 is provided with a slot 14: in the vertical flange thereof and is adapted to support the end or point of the knife 15 by means of a roller 16 riding within the slot 11 and carried upon a bolt 17, said bolt extending through the knife 15 and held in place by the wing nut 18 threaded upon the end of the bolt 17. The bolt 17 is provided with a flattened side at that portion which extends through the blade of the knife, which, having a. correspondingly shaped aperture therein provides a means for preventing the pivotal connection formed by the bolt and its adjuncts from working loose.

To operate the device 'it is assumed that a loaf of bread or the like is placed upon the base-board and against the guide 11 and 12 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The knife is brought downwardly until such time as the sharpened edge of the blade rests upon the top of the loaf, pressure is exerted downwardly or against the loaf and the knife brought back until the limit of travel allowed by the slot 4 in the guide 13 has been reached whereupon a reverse movement is exerted, these movements being repeated until the slice is entirely severed from the, loaf, whereupon the loaf is moved forwardly until the desired thickness of slice is'attained and the operation repeated.

It is evident that any type or form of knife may be used, the only requirement be ing the drilling of a suitably shaped aperture in the point thereof, and while I have shown this specific form of device it will be apparent that various other forms may beemployed, and I do not wish to limit myself to this particular construction further than is required by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A bread cutter comprising a board, an angular member thereon, one arm of which is slotted, and a vertical'knife guide standing at the corner of said member, and a knife movable up or down beside said guide and having a sliding pivot working in the slot in said member.

2. A bread cutter comprising a board, an angular member thereon, one arm of which is provided with a longitudinal slot, a vertical knife guide standing at the corner of said member, a knife, and a pivot projecting from the front end of knife and slidable along said slot.

3. A bread cutter comprising a board, an angle bar thereon having a slot in its vertical flange, a vertical guide bar at one end of said bar, and a knife movable up and down beside said vertical bar, and a bolt extending through said slot and the front end of the knife, said bolt being slidable in the slot, and being non-rotatably engaged with the knife.

In testimony whereof, I do affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERIGH JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, G. W. ROSINBERG.

Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0." g y 

